CVE-2026-22555 Gitea organization forks can expose organization secrets without create permission

Gitea versions before 1.26.0 allow API users to fork a repository into an organization without first passing the CanCreateOrgRepo check, which can expose organization secrets...

CVE-2026-22555

CVE-2026-22555 affects Gitea before 1.26.0. The vulnerability arises because the API endpoint POST /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/forks does not enforce CanCreateOrgRepo for organization forks, only IsOrgMember, enabling a user in a read-only team to create an org-repo fork. The fork creator gains ...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization via the POST /api/v1/repos/owner/repo/forks API endpoint, which fails to enforce the required organization repository creation permissions. An attacker can gain administrative control over a new repository within...